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We are a group of gardeners and plant lovers who meet monthly to talk about gardening. We also share plants, seeds and cuttings, and learn from horticultural guest presenters.

Our next meeting is Monday November 16th. The public is welcomed! We will have our regular social time 11:30-noon, our Speaker from noon-1:00 p.m. and our business meeting from 1:00-2:00 pm) at the Center for Spiritual Living, 14 Hillary Lane, Chico, CA 95973. Our guest speaker this month is our own member, Dawn Magallon, who will talk about growing dahlias in Chico.

Members, please remember to bring botanical specimens from your garden to show and talk about: cool flowers, interesting foliage, or fun fruit. We'd love to see!

A nice amaryllis flower in a member's October garden. Botanically, "amaryllis" are known as Hippeastrum, and they thrive in Chico in the ground or in large pots in full or partial sun. Try to give them a very dry August/September if possible. Most will flower in early summer, but sometimes they toss up a bloom stalk randomly at any time of year, like in this month's photo.

October's Photo:

October gardening activities

• Plant purchased or home-grown seedlings of autumn vegetables: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Swiss chard, kale, and lettuce.

• Plant garlic--last chance!

• Take stem cuttings of geraniums and butterfly bushes (Buddleia) and root in potting mix outdoors. Do extras to donate to our club's annual plant sale in April

• Plant seeds of hardy annuals that will flower in the spring: cornflower, nasturtium, nigella, poppies, sweet peas, sweet alyssum, and more.

• Plant seeds of biennials outdoors to have small plants by autumn that will flower next year (forget-me-nots, evening primroses (Oenothera), foxgloves, hollyhocks, Canterbury bells, lunaria, etc)

• Direct-seed carrots, leaf lettuce, onions, spinach, beets, and turnips in the

• Scatter seeds of California poppies, clarkia, and African daisies around the garden. They'll sprout in late autumn/early winter and will flower next spring

• Plant potatoes

• Dig up and divide clumps of bearded iris, daylilies, and peonies if you wish to make more of them.

• Order or purchase in-person spring bulbs to plant in October/November for spring blooms.🌷